Flo VanArsdol Bentz, 95, 196 Third St., Roanoke, died at 8:35 p.m. Saturday (March 17, 2001) at her daughters home in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Bentz was a homemaker and a lifetime resident of Roanoke.
She was a member of the Seminary United Methodist Church, Roanoke, where she was a member of the Hartford Circle and taught Sunday school for over 20 years. She was also a member of the Better Homes Club and was a Past Worthy Matron of Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 62, both of Roanoke, and was a member of the Shriners Widow Club of Fort Wayne.
She was born Sept. 16, 1905, in Roanoke to Newton and Dora Welch VanArsdol. She graduated from Roanoke High School in 1923 and also graduated from International Business College, Fort Wayne. She married J. Howard Bentz in Roanoke on March 30, 1927. Her husband died April 1, 1986.
Survivors include two sons, Wayne H. Bentz, Huntington, and James L. Bentz, Springfield, Ohio; a daughter, Mrs. John C. (Diann S.) Cartwright, Fort Wayne; eight grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Max VanArsdol and Allen VanArsdol, and two sisters, Lois Zimmerman and Bess Kline.
Calling is 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at the Bailey-Love Mortuary and from noon until the 2 p.m. funeral service Wednesday at the Seminary United Methodist Church, 202 Seminary St., Roanoke. Rev. Richard Bunnell and Rev. Martha Lyon will officiate. Burial will be at the Glenwood Cemetery, Roanoke.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Seminary United Methodist Church or the Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children, in care of Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 W. Park Dr., Huntington, IN 46750.
Flo VanArsdol Bentz, 95, 196 Third St., Roanoke, died at 8:35 p.m. Saturday (March 17, 2001) at her daughters home in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Bentz was a homemaker and a lifetime resident of Roanoke.
She was a member of the Seminary United Methodist Church, Roanoke, where she was a member of the Hartford Circle and taught Sunday school for over 20 years. She was also a member of the Better Homes Club and was a Past Worthy Matron of Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 62, both of Roanoke, and was a member of the Shriners Widow Club of Fort Wayne.
She was born Sept. 16, 1905, in Roanoke to Newton and Dora Welch VanArsdol. She graduated from Roanoke High School in 1923 and also graduated from International Business College, Fort Wayne. She married J. Howard Bentz in Roanoke on March 30, 1927. Her husband died April 1, 1986.
Survivors include two sons, Wayne H. Bentz, Huntington, and James L. Bentz, Springfield, Ohio; a daughter, Mrs. John C. (Diann S.) Cartwright, Fort Wayne; eight grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Max VanArsdol and Allen VanArsdol, and two sisters, Lois Zimmerman and Bess Kline.
Calling is 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at the Bailey-Love Mortuary and from noon until the 2 p.m. funeral service Wednesday at the Seminary United Methodist Church, 202 Seminary St., Roanoke. Rev. Richard Bunnell and Rev. Martha Lyon will officiate. Burial will be at the Glenwood Cemetery, Roanoke.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Seminary United Methodist Church or the Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children, in care of Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 W. Park Dr., Huntington, IN 46750.
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